Tunisia: Bourguiba Lets Them Eat Bread

Tunisia has long seemed a gracious outpost of moderation and stability
in the developing world: solidly pro-Western, extending a perpetual
welcome to foreign sun worshipers. But when word came that the
government was raising the price of bread by over 100%, the facade of
stability cracked. Riots erupted last week, starting in outlying
regions and spreading to the streets of Tunis, the capital. As mobs
composed mainly of teen-agers and young men in their 20s rampaged
through city streets, smashing shop windows and attacking post offices
and banks. President